Knebworth Question.

Well this is why not having 70s releases prior to now was a mistake but now is better than never

We know at some stage Wembley will be re-released. This concert has wide appeal and worthy of being blu rayed. They also have all angles recorded for all the songs, this would be a nice feature for the entire concert. I suppose if you stuck knebworth as a bonus disc, we would all buy it again?

as i said previously. We can expect a Knebworth release, but god knows only when they're gonna do it.
I don't understand why Brian confirmed the tapes existed and then went back on his word.
Also i don't understand why were we told that some of the 1st night at wembley was filmed, and then, all of a sudden there was fhe full Gig Released in 2011.
Rare. Lies , lies and more bullshit.

I hope they finally get it out of the shelf sometime. But before that happens, i would love to see Houston 77', Hammy 79' or Buenos Aires 81' released.

They told us at the convention that the entire 1st night was filmed, this was back in 2003 or 2002, so don't know why someone would lie about it afterwards. Maybe he was misinformed?

About the first night of Wembley, maybe Gavin Taylor saying ''some parts'' meant ''some angles''. He was a director not a musician after all, so maybe for him, having ten cameras less (ten angles less) for the first night meant ten part less.

i'm sure there is quite a few of sabbath/purple/zeppelin fans (and fans of other bands that were in their prime in the 70's) that are interested in this great live release from the 70's. for me personally it's the most exciting release from the 70's of any band i like along with rory gallagher's irish tour '74 40th anniversary edition with 8 discs (7 cds+1 dvd).

*UPDATE*

Asked Rudi himself awhile back and he answered my question!

What I asked was..
"how much footage did your crew film during the Wembley gig in 86? And also how much footage was filmed during there last performance at Knebworth park?"

His response..!

Hmm, nice! Hopefully he gets back to you with more specifics. 'Quite a lot' certainly sounds more promising than what we've been often led to believe about what was captured at Knebworht

One point about the Knebworth show that's worth noting is that it was an extra show, and probably wasn't earmarked for filming at the inception of the tour like Wembley was - Wembley was a massive operation filming wise.

Also I don't think many people though it would be the last ever concert with Freddie. I'm not sure even Freddie really thought that at that stage. Now don't take this thread down a dark alley because I've mentioned Freddie and last show in the same sentence!

We know they filmed at least the second half of the Knebworth gig. And we have proof they filmed at least the beginning and the end of both Wembley shows, including lots of backstage footage

The full concert was filmed aparently. The only problem Brian Said Once was, that only what was shown on the big screen was recorded, therefore it was impossible to edit the footage to get a proper release, and actually the angles from the Jumbotron were quite awful. He remarked that on his Soap box when talking about live aid. Saying that the visuals from live aid were released as they were filmed, since the only tape recording that day was the mix for the big screens. I will try to find that topic where he said that and post it here.
In reality the angles from the big screen suck, but on the other hand they could use whatever footage the torpedo twins have available and mix it all together, also ask tv stations to give em all what they have recorded from that day. The problem with mixing the big screen footage and the torpedo twins footage is the quality, Whilst the screen mix was recorded with standard t.v tapes, the torpedoes' recorded footage was captured in film quality. So the quality and speed of footage may vary. An example of this is the 1st wembley night. When Freddie is doing Push ups before Hammer to fall he you can clearly see that when he is taken with an angle from the back of the stage all of a sudden the frames drop a bit, and the quality changes, then when switching to another angle the quality and speed change again. That is because those seconds from that angle were taken from the torpedo twins footage.

But that wouldnt matter to me at all. The clearest possibility to have a release of Queen's final concert is next year since it will mark the 30th's anniversary of the band's last ever concert with the original line-up.
Hope they finally decide to release it.



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Knebworth hasn't been mentioned in ages. That for sure will be a CD at some point.

I still prefer Earl's Court over Kebworth. A 4th release with the same setlist would be too much. C'mon people, let's search for the lost footage of Rainbow March.

Guys what makes you think they recorded the feed which was shown on the big screen? If they did, why would they use the bootleg video for the 2011 documentary?

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Guys what makes you think they recorded the feed which was shown on the big screen? If they did, why would they use the bootleg video for the 2011 documentary?[/QUOTE]


A statement from Brian back when live aid DVD was coming out and also the same statement made by Greg a few years ago sayng "footage of the big screen exists".

They did not use it in the 2011 documentary because they did not remaster it, as they did not use any remastered footage from Budapest either.